Posts Tagged ‘photographs’

20+ Memorable Earth Day Posters from 1970-2009

In stead of spilling any more ink writing about Earth Day 2009, I dug up some of the best Earth Day posters from over the years. I’ve done my best to get an even sampling, but as might be expected, the earlier ones were much more difficult to track down (mostly because very few were made).

Happy Earth Day!

We thought it might be fun to celebrate with some stunning photos of this planet we all live on!

Even if you’re not hitting up a local Earth Day event, you can still take today to celebrate. We hope these photos of the land and the critters who share it with us get you inspired!

New Photo Book Proves That Chevron Caused Ecuador’s “Amazon Chernobyl”

“We often hear of environmental catastophes but almost never meet the people who suffer the consequences.”

An Ecuadorian boy with a serious birth defect

Those are some of the introductory words of Lou Dematteis, one of the authors and photographers of the new photo book Crude Reflections: Oil, Ruin, and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest.

Greening the Golden Years Podcast: 50 San Francisco Environmental Elders Celebrated in Book

 

If you’ve ever been to San Francisco, or lived there for a time as I have, you can’t help but be charmed by the city, but also aware of the natural beauty of the entire 9 county bay area. That charm and beauty, in many cases, was won in difficult and often contentious battles between environmentalists, governments and developers to name a few.

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